DoorDash takes food orders by text
DoorDash launched an AI you can text 'order my usual' and it handles the food order.
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Robyn, anchorDoorDash, the food-delivery app, now takes orders by text, through an AI agent.
Robyn, anchorThat's according to the company.
Robyn, reporterYou text your order in Apple Messages, the texting app on iPhones.
Robyn, reporterThe agent searches nearby restaurants, builds a cart and pays with your saved payment method.
Robyn, reporterText "order my usual", and DoorDash says it remembers your regular meal.
Robyn, reporterBut Bloomberg tested an early version and found prices that differed from the app.
Robyn, reporterDoorDash says waitlist users will get a newer version.
Robyn, reporterFor now that waitlist is open to US iPhone users, The Verge reports.
Robyn, reporterDoorDash names no extra fee and has not said if Android follows.
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